What’s Happening at Fourth And Rogers? We are thrilled to announce that we have started construction for the FAR Center for Contemporary Arts, the new home of Pictura Gallery. What does this mean for Pictura? Pictura’s last day on the square will be December 8th. We will have a grand re-opening at our new location…

Rania Matar’s L’Enfant Femme has been chosen for PDN’s Notable Photo Books of 2016 list. “The portrait subjects in Rania Matar’s new book are girls ages 8 through 13 who appear acutely aware that they are poised between girlhood and adulthood. As they gaze steadily back at the camera, some of the girls muster a saucy…

Amy Friend has been chosen for Photolucida’s Critical Mass Top 50 Exhibition. This exciting opportunity will take Friend’s work to FotoFestiwal Lodz, “one of the most important photographic events in Central Europe, featuring exhibitions, programs, projections and portfolio reviews” according to their website. You can see her Dare Alla Luce series starting December 4 at Pictura….

“Purity” is intended to make us reflect on how we are shaped by our society and how we interact with world through the values we embrace as our own. It’s an exploration of how the message and meaning of a photograph is something very personal and subjective, always changing, depending on the viewer.” – David…

“Picture Man” In honor of Pictura’s current retrospective exhibit of Jeffrey A. Wolin’s work, we wanted to share his TEDxBloomington talk. The Indiana University professor tells the story of his Pigeon Hill photo series that won a Guggenheim fellowship award and touched the lives of Bloomington residents. See the talk here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPQjUlCZFIc

Pictura Gallery is showing Sophie Kirchner, Male Sport + David Magnusson, Purity from February 6 until March 28. Curatorial Statement You may be wondering what David Magnusson’s Purity and Sophie Kirchner’s Male Sport could possibly have in common to unite them in this exhibit, (beyond their exquisite execution as a series of portraits). Magnusson’s airy and otherworldly palette…

Pictura Gallery is thrilled to be participating in Paris Photo Los Angeles this year! The art fair will be May 1st through 3rd. More info: http://www.parisphoto.com/losangeles/news/preview-list-of-participating-galleries-135

We would like to recognize our very own Osamu James Nakagawa on receiving his 2015 Society for Photographic Education Insight Award! Congratulations! More info: https://www.spenational.org/…/2015-spe-insight-award-winners

A photograph, I want to suggest, is a provocation, an incitement to an effect, or a gesture toward significance. To an anthropologist the conflicting narratives of meaning that people bring to their interactions with and interpretations of the artistic text, painting, or portrait are as interesting as the images themselves. No image is neutral or…

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